Posts by LuxPerpetua

Some kids are not toy people.  My daughter is one of those.  She played far more with plastic bathroom cups at that age than anything "toyish".  At 10 months I wouldn't worry at all about toys, to be honest.  I'd go...

We start our homeschooling when the pool closes and stop when the pool opens, LOL.  I have no intention of formally homeschooling year-round because I think we all need breaks and have lots of time to just have fun and relax, plus...

I would personally censor.  We don't even subscribe to a print newspaper for that reason.  

At 2 I would honestly not be thinking about a curriculum, just do lots of outdoor time, reading, and playing.  If you want to be more structured, you could plan a special activity for each day of the week like Mondays you could...

My daughter invented New Italian so I totally get where you're coming from.  What about a tape recorder so she can record them?  Eventually, they move on, but it's kind of sad when they do.

I have a 6.5 year old who is gifted and we homeschool.  I agree that any "boxed" full curriculum will probably be both expensive and a bad fit.  One thing we do that works really well is buy individual resources (not...

I grew up going to Sunday school and VBS (and we're strong Christians now too) but to be honest, I don't think kids actually "learn" anything in these classes--it's more about doing some kitschy crafts, learning some songs, and maybe...

Dd was about 1 when I started looking into homeschooling.  I started mainly because I noticed that she was so different from other babies and I wanted to get a "feel" for the educational options out there.  Originally I was...

We have the 5 day program that we've used for the spine of our kindy year.  I've heard the 3-day doesn't have the book recommendations, which was essential to me.  I love the 5-day program!   The enrichment guides...

We live in an apartment in a suburb of a major city.  We do a lot of container gardening and take nature walks around where we live (they landscape for each season).  We also have our own sandbox and lots of free playtime...